A/N: This, and the last, chapter are for all my fellow DWOCD Ohana. No Danny whump on the show means we have to write our own. I hope everyone is reading Irene Claire's story, HILINA' I as well as Fifilla's story, All In The Family, great Danny whump in both of those.

Chapter Four

Danny collapsed against the log; it had taken everything he had to drag himself the two feet from where he'd originally fallen. The water was running faster now as the storm got closer. Thunder roared overhead and lightening was almost constant. The wind had picked up and was blowing all kinds of debris around, a lot of it ended up in the gully.

With his left arm anchoring him to the log, Danny could do nothing to protect himself from the wind born debris. He simply made himself smaller as he hunkered down to wait it out until Chin and Kono found him. "It better be soon," he said to himself as the storm reached new intensity.

It was tough going for the rescue team. They now had to battle the wind as well as the rain and that slowed them down, but Chin kept them all moving together. Nothing good would come of losing one of the rescuers.

Kono had the last co-ordinates of Steve's phone and was able to lead the group right to the gully where they expected to find Danny. It had been ten minutes since their last communication with him and the weather was worse now. As they all stood at the edge of the gully and looked down, Kono gasped. There was no sign of Danny and the water was running down the gully at a fierce rate. "No. No. No. He can't be gone. Where is he Chin?" she begged as she looked left and right up and down the gully.

"I don't know Kono, but we'll find him, he has to be here." Chin took a rope from his pack as he spoke. "You heard him his knee was damaged and he could hardly move." Here, Chin handed the end of the rope to an HPD officer. "Secure that, I'm going down there."

Once Chin had put on a harness and was fastened to the rope he made his way down into the gully. "Danny! Danny where are you?" he called.

His words were whipped away by the wind, but Danny must have heard him as a weak voice came back to him. "Chin? Help I can't hold on much longer."

Chin turned quickly upstream, the direction he was sure the voice had come from. When he failed to locate Danny he called again. "Danny, call out. Where are you?"

"Here, Chin!"

Suddenly Chin saw him. He was covered in debris and clinging to a log not thirty feet in front of him. If he hadn't called out Chin would have missed seeing him entirely. It took mere seconds to close the gap, but in that time Danny lost his hold on the log and slipped under the water. Chin lunged forward and just managed to grab onto Danny's left hand as he was pulled downstream by the water. "I've got you!" he exclaimed.

Chin, who was now sitting in the water, pulled Danny against him, but as he put his arm around Danny's chest to hold him Danny gasped and cried out in pain. "Danny? I'm sorry, did I hurt you?"

"Ribs," was all Danny managed through clenched teeth.

An EMT, who had also been attached to a rope, made his way over and knelt down in front of Chin and Danny. "We need to put you on a backboard so we can lift you out of here". Danny nodded. "It won't be easy and I can't give you anything for the pain until I can assess you." Danny nodded again his eyes tightly closed.

By now an HPD officer had joined them and together he and Chin managed to hold the backboard above the water as the EMT secured Danny to it. Then they carried him out of the gully. Danny had groaned in pain once during the whole procedure then was quiet and Chin realised that he had lost consciousness. "It's probably for the best." The EMT said when he saw Chin's look.

The trip out of the gully was slow and awkward. Chin soon realised that the EMT was right it was good that Danny was unconscious he did not need to be in that much pain. Once they were out Chin realised that Kono and the other HPD officer had been busy erecting a shelter. It wasn't much, but it would allow Danny to be assessed in relative calm.

There was not much room in the shelter, so once Danny was placed inside, Chin had to move out to make room for both EMT's to work. They had another shelter with them, which was soon up and Chin, Kono and the two HPD officers sat inside waiting for word on their friend.

It seemed like hours later, but turned out to be only about 30 minutes, when one of the EMS technicians came in to tell them of Danny's condition. "He's stable, but we need to get him to a hospital soon. He has a number of injuries the worse of which are at least two broken ribs. I don't like his breath sounds, one rib may have punctured a lung, but for now he's breathing okay."

"What else?" Chin asked. "He told us his knee was injured."

"Yes, it's either dislocated or broken, can't tell without x-rays, so we've immobilized it. I think his right arm is broken in two places, one for sure. Again, x-rays will tell. He has an injury to the back of his head, but his pupils are equal and reactive so probably only a sight concussion."

"Is he awake?" Kono asked.

"He woke up a few minutes ago and is asking to see you Chin, something about wanting to know how his Neanderthal SEAL partner is doing?" Chin and Kono both smiled.

"Yeah, trust Danny to be more concerned about Steve than himself." Chin pushed himself up. "I'll go talk to him." But before he could exit the shelter the EMT continued.

"Wait! Before you go, how long is this storm supposed to last? I don't want to try and walk him out of here."

"You go Chin. I'll call and find out when a rescue helicopter can be dispatched." Kono suggested. Chin nodded to her and left.

It took another hour for the storm to pass and a helicopter to be sent to take Danny to the hospital. Kono fretted the whole time, not only about Danny, but Steve who, as far as they knew, was still in surgery. Chin tried to soothe her, but it was only when she finally got to sit with Danny that she seemed more content. Danny was unconscious again, but Kono sat beside him and held his hand whispering quietly too him.

Chin had been unable to give Danny any news on Steve's condition simply because he didn't have any, not until after Danny was whisked away in a Medi-Vac chopper. He and Kono where halfway back to Queen's Medical when Chin's phone rang. "Hello. Lieutenant Kelly."

"Lieutenant Kelly. This is Doctor Planton from Queen's Medical. I'm calling to update you on Commander McGarrett's condition following surgery."

"Yes doctor, how is Steve?" Chin asked.

"The surgery went well, we were able to relieve the pressure and stop the bleeding." There was a pause during which Chin and Kono looked at each other and both knew bad news was coming. Doctor Planton continued, "However, the Commander has lapsed into a coma."

TBC.